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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gentrification" is a kind of...):

restoration (the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state)

Derivation:

gentrify (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations)

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